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Of all the styles of beaded jewelry I make, beaded brooches used to come last on my list of preferred beading projects. But no more! After looking at the gorgeous free beaded brooch projects we've chosen for our latest free eBook, I'm inspired...

Many of us look to nature as a seemingly unlimited source of inspiration for our bead embroidery projects, and with good reason: the colors, textures, and shapes of the natural world translate to beautiful bead embroidery projects, especially with all...

Rainbow kumihimo bracelet by Debbie Altman What's not to love about beaded kumihimo? It's fast, easy to learn, a great alternative to bead crochet for those of us who aren't inclined to use a hook, and it's as close to instant gratification...

Like a lot of bead-weavers I know, I got started making jewelry by learning how to string beads. Once I started learning how to do off-loom bead-weaving, though, I started looking for creative ways to combine my bead stitching with my bead stringing skills...

Some of you may recall me writing about how my first attempts at polymer clay bead making were, well, less than successful. In fact, I was so discouraged at my results that I decided to take up something easier for making my own handmade beads -- lampwork...

While I love attending Bead Fest Philadelphia and the Tucson bead shows, it's not always practical or affordable for me to travel so I can take beading classes with some of my favorite teachers. Thankfully, I've discovered the beauty of learning...

Brick stitch beading was the very first off-loom bead-weaving stitch that I taught myself how to do, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. While it's not as "glamorous" as peyote stitch, herringbone stitch, or right-angle...

Living in the digital age is pretty sweet for us beaders who love to take classes and learn new projects, but can't always travel to far-flung destinations. Streaming video on my laptop computer means that I can take beading classes from some of today's...

Ever since I first learned how to bead more than fourteen years ago, I've enjoyed creating bead crafts for the holidays. From my very first pair of tubular right-angle weave Christmas wreath earrings to my more recent sparkling holiday beaded jewelry...

For most of us, our introduction to beaded ropes came by way of making tubular versions of our favorite off-loom bead-weaving stitches, or by creating a classic spiral rope. There's something incredible about watching a few rounds of bead stitching...

From Jennifer: When I started learning how to bead 14 years ago, 2-hole beads were something of a rarity. The only glass beads with two holes that I could find were vintage Czech and German, and since they weren't that common, I would snap them up...

Seed bead patterns have a lot of power. They have to power to transform a pile of seed beads and a little bit of thread into a work of wearable art. They have the power to transform our emotions and our moods from cranky and irritable to refreshed and...

I've always thought that chevron stitch is like the Cinderella of the bead-weaving world: you might not think that it looks like much at first glance, but once you see just how many things you can do with this off-loom bead-weaving stitch, you'll...

If there's one thing we beaders can be grateful for, it's the never-ending source of inspiration that we can find on the internet for our beading projects! I recently joined a wonderful online group of beaders, who are all committed to elevating...

Houndstooth check bracelet by Carol Dean Sharpe I love to design my own bead-weaving projects. Even if it's just something as simple as a bracelet made from embellished spiral rope, or a right-angle weave necklace made with seed beads and Czech glass...